The New York Obelisk: Cleopatra's Needle - With a Preliminary Sketch of the History, Erection, Uses, and Signification of Obelisks

Charles E. Moldenke in the book "The New York Obelisk: Cleopatra's Needle" shares information about obelisks founds across the New York City featuring Cleopatra's Needle. This book is an historical book and an excerpt from the first chapter goes thus "Obelisks have been found in various localities of the ancient Egyptian empire. Possibly almost every city of some prominence will have boasted of some, no matter how small, especially such cities as became for a time the residence of the Pharaoh" is an excerpt from the book."